Beach Vacation

We started planning a vacation to the Outer Banks of North Carolina with my family back in the fall of 07. We had wanted to go for sometime since we had lived there for a short period back in the mid 90s. We finally decided to go and incorporate the trip with the 50th wedding anniversary party of my mom's parents in Maryland since OBX is somewhat on the way to the Maryland.
We rented a beach house and set out on May 24th. We got to the house Saturday afternoon and it was a bit on the cool side. We had pizza that night and got everything settled in-we made several trips out to Wal-mart and Food Lion. No shocker there. We also watched National Treasure II with a projector that night.
Pretty much every morning we had a good breakfast and the guys would sit at the table waiting while we girls fixed up the food. (see above)
Obviously, we spent a lot of time on the beach. Joey and Jonathan rode the waves for hours on Monday and Tuesday. The water was probably in the 58-62 degree range. It was not enjoyable. Once you got used to it, it was kind of bearable. Uriah preferred staying out of the water (and the dangerous jelly fish, sting rays and other creatures that were out to get him) and searched for beached creatures. He found lots of crabs. I finally coaxed him (and me) into the water a bit.
One night we went out to Dairy Queen for ice cream and one night a girl who had been in Dad's youth group at the church we had been at when we lived in NC came down to the beach to see us with her family. So, that was nice.
We also go to take good family pictures on the beach. It was a really nice vacation. Sarah, Jonathan and I left for Maryland on Wednesday. Wednesday was the only day of our time at the beach that it stormed and rained and was cold. We need to do the beach again one day.